St. Barnabas Episcopal Church - DeLand, FL

06/11/2026

✨The Lord is glorious in His Saints: O come, let us adore Him!✨
- the Invitatory Antiphon for today.

A most joy-filled Feast of St. Barnabas to you and yours, Encouragers and friends! May we all be sons and daughters of encouragement like our beloved Patron Saint, today and every day.

St. Barnabas, pray for us! ✨

06/10/2026

Blessed Wednesday afternoon, Encouragers and friends! From pg. 1001 of the BCP79, Evening Prayer for the Eve of Apostles and Evangelists offer two different sets of Lessons to choose from. So, for those observing the Eve of tomorrow's Patronal Feast, here are the Daily Office Lessons for tonight. Happy St. Barnabas Eve, y'all! ✨

06/10/2026

Good Wednesday morning, Encouragers and friends! ☀️ On this day three years ago, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin Holcomb was consecrated as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. Let's show some love and appreciation for him in the Comments! ✨

(Also! The Collect is from the Anglican Missal, and amended accordingly.)

06/06/2026

Good Saturday morning, Encouragers and friends — we are live with the Funeral Service for Dr. Paul Steeves, who departed to eternal life on 20 May. ❤️‍🩹

V. Rest eternal grant unto him, O Lord.R. And let light perpetual ...

06/03/2026

Good Wednesday morning, Encouragers and friends — have some Greatest Hits and Outtakes starring our one and only Fr. Comforted, who retired this past Sunday! ✨

(P.S. There *will* be more pictures from past years to add to this post once I get them downloaded to my phone!)

06/02/2026

Just one week until we set out for Rainforest Falls Vacation Bible School and there are still spots left for rising 1st-5th graders! Join the exploration, June 8th-12th.
At Rainforest Falls, kids explore the nature of God—discovering who God is and how much he loves them! Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, make and devour yummy treats, experience one-of-a-kind Bible Adventures, collect Bible Memory Buddies, and test out sciency-fun experiments they’ll never forget. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings.
Rainforest Falls will run from 8:30am to 11:30am each day. For more information, call 386-734-1814 or visit www.stbarnabasdeland.org to register.

06/01/2026

Good Monday morning and happy 1st day of June, Encouragers and friends — yesterday (31 May) was the Feast of the Visitation of our Lady to St. Elizabeth; however, because it also was Trinity Sunday this year, the Feast of the Visitation was transferred to today. ✨

Here are the Collect and Daily Office Lessons for today. 💗

05/31/2026

Good morning and happy Trinity Sunday, Encouragers and friends! We're experiencing some technical difficulties with the Internet and are hoping to get that resolved as soon as possible so we can stream the 9am and 11am Services. Thank you for your patience!